Assessment and counseling

If you have a question or concern about sexuality or would simply like to take stock of your current situation, you can register for a consultation with ZISS members and other ZISS-certified therapists.

You can attend the initial consultation as an individual or as a couple. Your concerns will be discussed in this initial consultation. An evaluation of your sexuality can last from 1 to 4 sessions. If you would like to change something about your sexuality, the appropriate options will be discussed. You can then decide whether you would like to undergo sexual therapy and in what setting this should take place.

Individual and couples therapy

Sexuality and sexual skills can be learned, and sexual problems often have to do with limitations in the personal sexual learning history. Sex therapy stimulates corresponding learning processes. It is difficult to predict how long the therapy will take. As with learning a sport, a language or an instrument, it depends, among other things, on what your goals are, how much time you want to invest in the learning process and where you are starting from.

Individual sessions are useful in sex therapy. In these, the focus can be entirely on you and your concerns. If you are in a relationship, sessions as a couple are also useful. The focus here is on shaping your sexuality together and on exercises that you can do together as a couple.

Topics in sexual therapy

We list common topics here. In brackets are terms that you may have already read in this context:

  • Erectile dysfunction (ED, "impotence")
  • Premature, delayed or absent ejaculation (ejaculatio praecox, ejaculatio retarda, retrograde ejaculation)
  • Sexual arousal and orgasm (anorgasmia)
  • Pain and discomfort during and around sexual activity (dyspareunia)
  • Vaginismus
  • Lack of sexual satisfaction and sexual desire (lack of libido, sexual aversion, "asexuality", "frigidity")
  • Communication and seduction around sexuality
  • Self-esteem, body image and sexual self-confidence
  • Compulsive sexual behavior ("sex addiction", "porn addiction")
  • Sexual preferences and fantasies (paraphilias, fetishism)
  • Sexual orientation
  • Gender and gender identity (gender dysphoria, transgender identities)
  • Consequences of traumatic events for sexuality
  • Sexuality in old age
  • Sexuality after operations, with illnesses and physical impairments
  • Sexual development of children and how to deal with it

Groups and seminars

Currently, all groups and seminars are in German. If you are interested in groups or seminars in English please contacte Annette Bischof.

The "Mit Genuss zum Orgasmus" therapy group for women is fun and playful, yet clearly targeted: We assume that achieving orgasm and a fulfilling sex life requires learning steps that are accessible to every woman. Building on the sexual skills you already have, you will learn how to enrich your erotic experience and increase your enjoyment of it.

In our 4 weekend seminars "Sex und Liebe" for individuals and couples, we deal with topics related to sex and love. Sometimes these topics become stumbling blocks in a love relationship and lead to entanglements. We see them as starting points for something new and show ways to develop.

Learn more about the groups and seminars

Get in Touch with Therapists

For counseling or therapy, please contact the individual members of ZISS or other therapists certified by ZISS. You can find a list of these professionals, along with additional details and their office addresses, here.

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